1833-1964
Guide to the Collection
Restrictions on Access
Use of the originals is restricted. Digital facsimiles are available for use in the MHS Reading Room. Consult the reference librarian for more information.
There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.
Abstract
This collection consists of 12 bound volumes of records of Naushon Island, Mass., kept by members of the Forbes family and their guests.
Collection Description
This collection consists of 12 bound volumes of records of Naushon Island, one of the Elizabeth Islands, Mass. The volumes contain guest lists, daily records, poems, photographs, watercolors, drawings, clippings, play programs, scripts, memoranda, extracts, correspondence, and records of plantings, trees, sheep, hunting, sailing, and weather on the island. The books were kept by members of the Forbes family and include contributions from their guests, including Annie Drinker (a.k.a. Edith May), Oliver W. Holmes, Ellen Sturgis Hooper, John Hopkins Morison, Ephraim Peabody, Catharine M. Sedgwick, William W. Swain, Caroline Sturgis Tappan, Henry W. Torrey, John Weiss, and others. Forbes family members represented include Alice Forbes Cary, John Murray Forbes, W. Cameron Forbes, and Sarah Forbes Hughes. The dates of the volumes overlap (1833-1855, 1833-1883, 1833-1888, 1833-1949, 1834-1875, 1836-1946, 1844-1883, 1860-1881, 1866-1936, 1872-1893, 1872-1964, 1890-1925), and some content is copied into more than one volume.
Acquisition Information
On deposit from the Naushon Trust, Inc., June 2014.
Restrictions on Access
Use of the originals is restricted. Digital facsimiles are available for use in the MHS Reading Room. Consult the reference librarian for more information.
There are restrictions on the use of this collection. Users must sign an agreement stating that they understand these restrictions before they will be given access to the collection.
Restrictions on Use
The Naushon Island (Mass.) volumes have been placed on deposit at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The Massachusetts Historical Society does not claim ownership of the literary rights (copyright) to this collection. The Massachusetts Historical Society cannot give permission to publish or quote from documents to which it does not hold copyright. Use of these materials does not imply permission to publish. It is the sole responsibility of the researcher to obtain formal permission from the owners of the literary rights (copyright) to publish or quote from documents in this collection.
All reproductions, including photocopies and digital photographs, are for personal use only. Personal use copies may not be donated to or deposited in other libraries or archives, or made available to other researchers, without the written permission of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Other Formats
Digital facsimiles of the Naushon Island (Mass.) volumes are available (DF-013). Use of the digital facsimiles is restricted to the MHS Reading Room.
Arrangement Note
When these volumes were deposited at the Massachusetts Historical Society, they had been organized according to multiple numbering schemes. Because of this, and because the dates of the volumes overlap, they have been rearranged in a simple chronological sequence and identified as Vols. A-L without regard to any original numbering. The number or Roman numeral embossed on the cover of each volume has been included in the Detailed Description below for reference only.
Detailed Description of the Collection
1833-1855
Embossed on cover: "Naushon Vol. I. 1833 to 1842"1833-1883
Embossed on cover: "Naushon. Vol. I."1833-1888
Embossed on cover: "Naushon Vol. 2 1842 to 1848"1833-1949
Embossed on cover: "Naushon Vol. 3 1848 to"1834-1875
Embossed on cover: "Naushon Vol. 4. 1856 to"1836-1946
Embossed on cover: "Naushon Vol. VII"1844-1883
Embossed on cover: "Naushon. Vol. II."1860-1881
Embossed on cover: "Naushon. Vol. 3."1866-1936
Embossed on cover: "Naushon Vol. VI"1872-1893
Embossed on cover: "Naushon Vol. IV."1872-1964
Embossed on cover: "Naushon Vol. VIII"1890-1925
Embossed on cover: "Naushon Vol. 5"Preferred Citation
Naushon Island (Mass.) volumes, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.